Mobile Magazine » Studentshttp://www.mobilemag.com Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect.Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:04:17 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3Kindle eBooks For Students Available For Up To 85% Off At Amazonhttp://www.mobilemag.com/2014/09/02/kindle-ebooks-students-85-off-amazon-deal-of-the-day/ http://www.mobilemag.com/2014/09/02/kindle-ebooks-students-85-off-amazon-deal-of-the-day/#commentsTue, 02 Sep 2014 08:59:21 +0000http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=156689Kindle eBooks for students available on sale at Amazon at great discounts.

More than 1,000 Kindle eBooks for students are currently available on sale at Amazon for up to 85% off (according to the company, but we have also noticed greater discounts for some eBooks) as part of their Deal of the Day. So, the offer is available just for today (September 2). Offer includes popular eBooks like A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich and Clifford Harper, Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean Series) by Ash Maurya, and many, many more. Click here to check out the full list.

This might be the best time for you to act if you are a student who have had plans to play with the Surface Pro 3 tablet/laptop hybrid. Microsoft has announced discounts for students on the device. The offer is lowering the cost of the entry level Surface Pro 3, which is coming with Intel Core i3, to just $649. That’s a discount of $150.

And no worries in case you have one of the higher end models in mind, as the discount applies to all the models.

The offer will be available through September 3rd at a Microsoft Store. So, are you interested in getting the device? If yes, click here. And don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Large-screened E Ink devices have been tried by many companies in the past but none managed to gain ground on the academic market. Sony is also not a new player, but they are still trying their luck. Their latest product is a 13.3-inch flexible E Ink prototype device which is targeted at students and offices.

The device is coming with the new Mobius e-paper display technology with lightweight, shatterproof or rugged characteristics. With this new tech, Sony can make bigger display sizes without making the reader too heavy.

The slate measures in at 233 x 310 x 6.8 mm and weighs just 358 g, and it’s coming with 4GB of on-board storage (with a microSD slot) and a 1200 x 1600 resolution screen that’s an electromagnetic induction touchscreen, which allows you to do page swipes and menu selection. It also supports stylus input for making notes. And there’s WiFi for sharing notes, and its rechargeable battery is said to last for three weeks (with the wireless tech turned off), but the device currently supports only the PDF file format.

The device will be trialed at three Japanese universities, after which the final product will be available on the market but that might take a year or more.

But the question is whether this device will be appealing since there are many tablets out there with fast processors and high-resolution screens, as well as third-party apps. Sony’s own Tablet Z is one of the many options currently available. But if the price is not too much (the Sony Reader PRS-T2 costs $129.99), this new e-reader could be useful for many.